[Bob Carriere]

Hi Phil

How frustrating......

How did you block the oil flow to the rockers...?

... thinking out loud..... the oil comes out of the block underneath the carb inside that little cover ( the oil distributor valve assembly ) on the side of the block.....

Could a blown gasket on that small cover cause it.... could the line running inside the block be opened....

From the previous video it seems you have a high volume flowing but no pressure..... so the pump flows good quantity... in fact large quantity..... but there is nothing ( as in tight cleanrances ) in the oiling system to hold it back and build pressure...

So once out of the pump the oil goes into the main gallery some of which is directed to the rockers the rest goes to the crank and cam shaft...... something as to be opened either in a bearing clearance or a leak as occurred from the oil gallery...... has to be inside the block as nothing is leaking out or oil level going down...... can't be leaking at the pump or you would not have the high volume......

Intriging to say the least....

Being desperate I am now looking at the MB C2.....

What about the Timing gear oil nozzle.... inside the timing cover...?

Hummm have you read page K 28 ....which describes the oil flow in the block.... under Connecting Rod Bearing Lubrication...

...what if the "oil distributor valve" .... was stuck open ..instead of opening up when pressure builds up..... maybe toooo much oil is going to the six oil nozzle pipes....???

....on page K 30 ... some caution about the sequence of the 2 dist. valve body gaskets....!!!!!

and the pipe nipple is "calibrated" to deliver the proper amount of oil to rockers.....

...top of K 31....." Substituting a standard nipple will permit too heavy an oil flow and will interfere with the oil pressure in the entire oiling system"......

is that it ????

Bob C